Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

97^th Meeting (AM)

IN TWO ROUNDS OF SECRET BALLOTING, GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS 14 MEMBER STATES

TO THREE-YEAR TERMS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

 

Peacebuilding Commission

Organizational Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE OF PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION DECIDES TO EXTEND

STANDING INVITATION TO FOUR INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

 

World Bank, International Monetary Fund, European Community,

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

96^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS 2008 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF LANGUAGES, IN EFFORT

TO PROMOTE UNITY IN DIVERSITY, GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Informal Thematic Debate

AM & PM Meetings

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON ‘CIVILIZATIONS AND THE CHALLENGE FOR PEACE’ CONCLUDES;

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS DIALOGUE ‘GATEWAY TO CHANGE’

 

Second-Day Panels Focus on: ‘The Responsibility of the Media’;

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

49^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP $5.4 BILLION 2007-2008 PEACEKEEPING BUDGET;

COVERS 13 ACTIVE MISSIONS, LOGISTICS BASE, SUPPORT ACCOUNT

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Informal Thematic Debate

AM & PM Meetings

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS DEBATE ON ‘CIVILIZATIONS AND THE CHALLENGE FOR PEACE’;

FIRST DAY PANELS FOCUS ON RESPECT FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY, RELIGION

Secretary-General Tells Delegations Diversity a Virtue, Not a Threat;

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

48^th Meeting (AM)

Speakers in budget committee stress need for stronger management,

budgetary discipline in face of rising peacekeeping costs

 

Wide Range of Reports Taken Up, Including from Board

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

28^th Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT REAFFIRMING NEED TO IMPLEMENT ZERO TOLERANCE

OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION BY UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

47^th Meeting (AM)

Special Committee on

Decolonization

2^nd Meeting (AM)